The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1887-06-16
ORIGIN OF PROVERBS.
The Sources From Which Some Of the MOst
Frequently Quoted Are Derived.

The Sources From which Some Of the Most
Frequently Quoted Are Derived.
The following are from the Bible:
There is death in the pot. ."-2
Kings, iv. 40.
Lovely and pleasant in their lives.
and in death they were not divided"
is spoken Of Saul and Jonathan.-2
Samuel, i. 2S.
"a man after his own heart NJ
Samuel, xiii. IA.
'The apple of his ye."-Deuter-
onomy, xix. 81.
"a still small voice. III Kings.
xix. H.
Escaped with the skin of my teeth. "
job, xix. 20.
Spreading himself like green bay
tree. Psalms, xxxvii. 35.
"Heap Goals of fire upon his head. ~
Proverbs. XIV. %.
"Riches certainly make themselves
wings" not take, as often quoted
Proverbs, xiii. 5.
'.No new thing under the sum-
Ecclesiastics, j. 2.
.'Of making books there is no end"
-Ecclesiastics, xii. II.
peace, peace when there is no
peace" made famous and popular by
Patrick Henry, is from Jeremiah, viii. 2.
There are many more from the sacred
writings which '.if ye search We shall
find.'
The popular quotations from Shaks-
peare are numerous One or two,
often misquoted, will suffice:
"All that glistens is not gold. ."-Mer-
chant Of Venice. Generally quoted:
"All is not gold that glitters."
'.Screw your courage to the sticking
place" (not point).-Macbeth.
| Hang out your banners on the out
ward (not outer) walls. Macbeth.
keep the word of promise to our
(not they ear, and break it to our hope"
Macbeth.
Thu old authors are rich in quota
tions, such as the following:
s.It is an i'll wind turns none to good"
is by Thomas Tasser, 1888, though
often quoted, sit is an i'll wind blows
no one any good"
christmas comes but once year"
is by the same author, and 'Look ere
you leap" by the same, from which
Hudibras took his Look before you
ere you Ieap;'' but often quoted "Look
before you leap"
| ..Out of mind as soon as out of sight,
is by Lord Brooke, though usually
quoted '.Out of sight, out of mind"
| Here are few from Milton:
| .What though the field be lost, all il
not lost"
| awake! arise! or be forever fallen. F"
| Necessity the tyrant's plea"
| THAT old man eloquent.
| peace hath her victories"
| Roger L'Estrange wrote: Though
this may be play to you, It's death to
U.S.
| Hudibras is full of quotations:
| "All cry and no wool, +" not little wool,
as usually quoted.
"Count your chickens ere (not before)
they're hatched."
Through thick and thin," is from
Dryden.
s.When Greek meets Greek then come.
the tug of war, is usual quotation
It should be, when Greeks joined
Greeks then was the tug of war;" and il
from Nat Lees "Rival Queens"
..Of two evils have chose the least, ,
is from Prior.
"As clear as a whistle is by Byron
not Lord Byron Of this century, but o
1868.
Goldsmith has "Ask me no questions
and I'll tell you no fibs" (not lies).
"His Gods image cut in ebony,
Thomas Fuller.
Wise and mastery inactivity" b,
Macintosh in 1871, is generally attrib
uted to Randolph.
"First in war, first in peace and frs
in the hearts of his fellow-citizens'
(not countrymen), was incorporate
into the resolutions presented to tn
House of Representatives December
1899, by General Henry Lee.
millions for defense but not on
cent for tribute" was by Charles {
Pinckney.-C Chicago Journal.
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